Eel is considered a gourmet food in Asia, and with dwindling global stocks, it's in high demand, reports
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Conargo farmer Lachlan Bull says while the eels will live in the rice for four months, it's unlikely they'll frighten off rice-hungry ducks.
"Actually, I was devastated when I found out that the style of eels would actually go up and eat the ducks, I thought it might be the larger eels," he said.
"But these style of eels don't. They eat small fish and the ducks basically wouldn't be a threat and the other birds that we see in the area.
"The eels would be too big to become a threat."
Mr Bull says he's received support from the NSW Department of Fisheries and another eel breeder in Victoria to get the project off the ground.
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by Lucy Towers
